New ESPN Stat: Lebron James/Kobe Bryant Related

[MaxFly]

I'm not sure if anyone saw last night's ESPN coverage of Kobe Bryant's game winner, but something stood out to me during the broadcast...



Which leads me to ask... how many game winners does Lebron have in that space (if he's made 25 lead changing shots in the last 24 seconds over that time, a good number of those must be game winners), and why the random 2002-2003 marker.

The whole stat seems rather arbitrary and it's an interesting move by ESPN.

[plowking]

They'll prop anything up there as long as those two are atop of the rankings.

[Duncan21formvp]

I'm not sure if anyone saw last night's ESPN coverage of Kobe Bryant's game winner, but something stood out to me during the broadcast...



Which leads me to ask... how many game winners does Lebron have in that space (if he's made 25 lead changing shots in the last 24 seconds over that time, a good number of those must be game winners), and why the random 2002-2003 marker.

The whole stat seems rather arbitrary and it's an interesting move by ESPN.

Lebron didn't come into the league until 2003-2004. So really they are helping Kobe out on this one giving him an extra year.

[AJ2k8]

02-03 is the first season kobe/shaq didnt win it all?

[kkling]

I remember seeing this earlier in the year.

[arkain]

VC too clutch !

[HylianNightmare]

why 02-03 get vince off that list

[MaxFly]

Lebron didn't come into the league until 2003-2004. So really they are helping Kobe out on this one giving him an extra year.

So that would mean this stat is more of a comparison stat between Lebron and Bryant. However, on the night of a game winner, why no stat on the number of game winners hit by active players?

[Real Men Wear Green]

Lebron didn't come into the league until 2003-2004. So really they are helping Kobe out on this one giving him an extra year.

Pretty lame of them, but whatever. James is doing 30, 8.5, and 7 right now...it's pretty clear he's the game's best player, no matter how they try to skew things.

[Real Men Wear Green]

So that would mean this stat is more of a comparison stat between Lebron and Bryant. However, on the night of a game winner, why no stat on the number of game winners hit by active players?

It'd lessen the total number of made shots for everyone, thus making it look less impressive. It's also "interesting" that they chose to mention that Bryant is 5-8 this year but ignore that James was in high school in 02-03. It's pretty badly slanted.

[lakers_forever]

So that would mean this stat is more of a comparison stat between Lebron and Bryant. However, on the night of a game winner, why no stat on the number of game winners hit by active players?

To make Lebron look good, since he does not have a lot of game winners. No one in their right mind would say Lebron is more clutch than Kobe Bryant.

[dynasty1978]

So that would mean this stat is more of a comparison stat between Lebron and Bryant. However, on the night of a game winner, why no stat on the number of game winners hit by active players?

Exactly, just a simple list of game winners by active players or even all-time is sufficient, no need to frame it, qualify it, etc.

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Gray]and why the random 2002-2003 marker.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Teal]It isn't random when it's result-oriented.[/COLOR]

[NBASTATMAN]

I'm not sure if anyone saw last night's ESPN coverage of Kobe Bryant's game winner, but something stood out to me during the broadcast...



Which leads me to ask... how many game winners does Lebron have in that space (if he's made 25 lead changing shots in the last 24 seconds over that time, a good number of those must be game winners), and why the random 2002-2003 marker.

The whole stat seems rather arbitrary and it's an interesting move by ESPN.

Lebron is a super clutch player but this year belongs to Kobe... Both are clutch but if I need a long shot made Kobe is the man....

[Real Men Wear Green]

To make Lebron look good, since he does not have a lot of game winners. No one in their right mind would say Lebron is more clutch than Kobe Bryant.

And yet he's hit more meaningful baskets since 02-03, in spite of not even playing in 02-03? Bryant has been the top clutch shooter for this season but James has clearly been great over his career. The gap in clutch shooting is not nearly as wide as you suggest.